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Sounds like a licensing deal? I haven't seen any headlines mention that. They usually announce at the time of the first announcement. "JPM partnering with OPENAI to create IndexGPT" something like that. It's not out of the question but hopefully this is not the case. Everything i seen has been something like "ChatGPT rival".
Some GPT-based services are indeed working with OpenAI (e.g., SlackGPT), but others are not (e.g., BloombergGPT).
As a terms-of-service matter, OpenAI recently began a "branding policy" that requires its API customers to agree that they won't use "GPT" in their product/service names. That's really a contract issue rather than a trademark issue, so presumably just using another company's GPT foundation as the engine for one's new website/service wouldn't raise that issue. There are other providers of GPT base models, but of course OpenAI's GPTs are the most popular...
Regarding the trademark issue: on May 25th, the USPTO rejected OpenAI's application to trademark the term, saying that it's descriptive and generic. However, it's a "non-final" rejection and so OpenAI can still try to change the Examiner's mind...
That letter is official? If so, that is good news for us investors. You can post the link, but just put a space at the .com, for example:Wow. That seems pretty significant. Interestingly, the law firm that OpenAI is using claims to be one of the top intellectual property firms in the US. But the trademark claim for GPT still got rejected. As @matemp noted, this is an appealable decision but you have to think if it was an easy claim then these top IP attorneys would have been able to secure the TM already.
Are there any IP lawyers on here who can give us odds of OpenAI prevailing on appeal?
I still can't post links but someone posted a link to the USPTO action letter in a different thread. Here are some excerpts from the letter:
"Registration is refused because the applied-for mark merely describes a feature, function, or
characteristic of applicant’s goods and services. Trademark Act Section 2(e)(1), 15 U.S.C. §1052(e)(1);
see TMEP §§1209.01(b), 1209.03 et seq."
An abbreviation, initialism, or acronym is merely descriptive when it is generally understood as
“substantially synonymous” with the descriptive words it represents."
"In the present case, the attached evidence shows that applicant’s mark “GPT” is an acronym for the
wording “generative pre-trained transformer.” According to the attached definitions from Merriam-
Webster Dictionary, "GENERATIVE" means having the power or function of generating, originating,
producing, or reproducing," "PRE-TRAINED" means to "train in advance," and "TRANSFORMER"
means "one that transforms." Further, the attached Internet evidence demonstrates such wording is
commonly used in applicant's industry to refer to a particular type of software featuring artificial
intelligence (AI) that generates responses based on a pool of pre-existing resources that the software
uses to generate its responses to user questions."
And finally:
"In addition to being merely descriptive, the applied-for mark appears to be generic in connection with
the identified goods and/or services. “A generic mark, being the ‘ultimate in descriptiveness,’ cannot
acquire distinctiveness” and thus is not entitled to registration on either the Principal or Supplemental
Register under any circumstances."
That letter is official? If so, that is good news for us investors. You can post the link, but just put a space at the .com, for example:
blablabla (space) .com/blablabla
Here's the USPTO response letter. Note that it is appealable so nothing is final at this point.
tsdr. uspto. gov/documentviewer?caseId=sn97733259&docId=NFIN20230525093517#docIndex=0&page=1
promptedGPT.comJust picked up for my financial block:
BullmarketGPT.com
BearmarketGPT.com
IndexfundGPT.com
GPTindexfund.com
IndexfundsGPT.com
GPTindexfunds.com
LargecapGPT.com
ShortsellingGPT.com
HighyieldGPT.com
DerivativeGPT.com
GPTnestegg.com
NesteggGPT.com
WinpokerGPT.com
I believe that the pricing for GPTmemory and GPTpayment might be a bit too low, but congratulations nonetheless!Thanks to @MustaAras I was able to sell:
GPT payment .com /
GPT memory .com
to 2 different buyers.
Thank you so much Musta!
I also hold:
BiasedGPT .com
CheatsGPT .com
Totally.I believe that the pricing for GPTmemory and GPTpayment might be a bit too low, but congratulations nonetheless!
I think realistic is, that openAI will have 'jurisdiction' over companies, who have subscribed to openAI API (for $).Next to TM on or TM off there is also a 3rd possibility that can happen:
Due to the fact, that this technology & its term is so wide spread & has general public interest,
the court could rule, that a synthese of TM / not TM usage should be made:
Websites, being subscribed to OpenAIs LLM, could use GPT in their website name.
Websites, using other LLMs than OpenAIs ChatGPT / GPt4, for ex. Bard, StableDiffusion, etc.
could may not use GPT in their domain names.
That is something that could easily happen.
You see, that OpenAI is (atm) ok with it, when you call your APP or website:
App X / Website X powered by GPT4.
Means, OpenAi has nothing against it, when you use GPT in your brand / app name,
but you should use it with an 'powered by'.
This is the current situation.
https://openai.com/brand
We'll see how this spins out.
Good luck to us all.
You got good marketing skillsLuckily, I have registered early many GPT domains, And sold total 3 GPT domain high xxx.
Today i received one more offer on my GPT domain, Let's see if this make my highest GPT sale.
But GPT domains still hot & selling, i don't know why! But one thing i noticed my GPT domains visits more than other domains.